Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-03-03
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.


public highways in better condition. Bills were
introduced by Senator Sharp to incorporate the
State Agricultural Society by adding new
section to stand as section by Senator Hub
bell, to prohibit State officers and Boards of
Control from incuring any obligation in
for certain specific purposes. and to provide a
punishment therefor; and by Senator Fox, to
protect electors who cannot read from fraud and
deception at the polls. Bills were introduced in
the House as follows: BY Mr. Bentley, amend
ing Chapter 81 Howell, relative to the protection
OF children; by Mr. Abbott, making appropria-
tons for the Reform School; also for the
establishment OF department of tech
nolo2y in the Reform School; by Mr..
Rumsey. amending the act relating to the
insurance bureau; also for the punishment Of
crimes committed by inmates OF penal insti-
tEtaa by Mr. -Rents, Amending section. elae,
Howell, relating to companies for the introduce
tion OF water in cities, etc also amending the
street-opening law for the city Of Detroit by
Mr.: Markey, detachiDg territory from Gerrish
and anne&ing it 10 Lake, in Roscommon County;
also 10 authorize the County OF Ogemaw to bor-
row money to pay highway orders also detach-
ing territory from Cumming Ogemaw County,
and attaching the same to the town of Rose
THE bill organizing the County of Luce, in
the Upper Peninsula, passed the Senate Feb
81 Bills introduced: To abolish the State
Board Of Health and provide for closing up its
affairs to require railroad companies not or
ganized in the State to conform to the laws to
give the United States exclusive jurisdiction
over territory to be used by the Portage Land
and River Improvement Company; to autorlze
the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad to change
their line from Palmyra to Adrian; to regu-
late rates OF railroad and other transporta-
tion companies to organize q military corps
in connection with the Michigan State troops.
In the House bills were introduced to amend
the act authorizing the Board of Control OF the
Northern Michigan Insane Asylum to place it
under homeopathic control; to provide for the
appointment Of a commission to mark the spots
occupied by Michigan regiments at the battle
OF Gettysburg; to give minority stockholders
in corporations power of representation; to
collect taxes from insurance companies to
change the boundaries Of tho Congressional
districts; to regulate saloons and discourage
tippling; to prevent discharge Of employees
by corporations for expressions of opinion
or for holding meetings without permission
to tax telephone companies at their actual cash
value; to tax telegraph and street car compa-
nies; to provide for pensions to teachers in
public schools in certain cases to preserve the
sacredness OF the ballot and preserve the purity
of elections and TO provide for licensing engi-
neers and steamboat inspectors. Bills passed
To amend the act in reference to hawkers and
peddlers to regulate the sale OF oleomargarine
and butterine. requiring in places where sold
or used prominent signs to that effect; to
authorize the Ingham County Agricultural So
ciety to sell real estate.
THE following bills were introduced in the
Senate February %: To revise the charter of
the inspection of illuminating oils; joint reso-
luton to amend the State Constitution relative
20 the duties OF the Board of State Auditors to
eliminate from the statutes all absolute laws
to make an appropriation for lighting the Mich
igan Insane Asylum and the State Capitol
building with electricity to make an appropria-
ton for the Upper Peninsula Mining School
to authorize the Trustees of the Michigan In
sane Asylum to purchase additional land to
authorize the Erie and Kalam azoo Railroad tQ
Adrian; to authorize Judges Of Probate to send
insane persons to private asylums when the
State asylums are filled; to provide for chal-
lenging jurors in justice courts; to make ap-
for the State Reform School and
for the State Agricultural Society. The House
was not in session.
The session Of tho Legislature on the 23d
ult, was devoted entirely to the introduction Of
new bills. The following were offered in the
Senate: To prohibit the organization OF boards
of underwriters; to prevent the organization Of
mllers against custom milling; to create q
State Board Of Railroad Commissioners; to pro-
vide for the extension OF time for the compile
tion Of the Houghton & ontonagon Railroad;
Joint resolution to provide for the forfeiture Of
certain lands of the Houghton 4 Ontonagon
Railroad to amend the law relative to mining
and smelling companies to establish State,
district and other police officers to prohibit the
sale Of opium except upon prescriptions from
physicians to establish State Board Of Arbi-
traton to provide for the safe heating Of pas
songer cars requiring physicians to write all
prescriptions in the English language; to pro-
vide for taxing property Of railroad companies
at the actual cash value on the same basis as
other property to amend the act relative to
holding property by Roman Catholic churches
to fix the per diem compensation OF Upper Pc
ninsula members at IS to establish State De-
partment of Banking; Joint resolution-providing
for an amendment to the Constitution to pro-
vide for general banking law;
to create dairy commission; to
prohibit members OF the State Legislature
and State officers from attending cock fights and
providing penalty to provide for the purchase
of add tional land for the use OF the State Pub
lie School; to regulate the collection Of fares on
gious disease among live stock. The following
bills we're D esented in the House of Represent
atives: To amend an act to regulate the sale
OF spirituous liquors; to amend an act relative
TO the taxation OF the liquor traffic; to require
railroad companies to give notice at passen-
ger stations whether trains are on
to t''' provide separate prison for Two. Wo.
men; Joint resolution declaring forfeited lands
within the limits of tho Marquette, Houghton &
ntonagon Railroad to provide for the taxation
the manufacture, sale and gift of Intoxicating
liquors In the State to revise tho laws relative
benefit associations; to amend Howell, 502l,
relative to Courts Of Chancery; to amend an
act relative to liens OF mechanics for furnish
ing for tS provide for the
also an Assistant Deputy Attorney General TO
regulate the taxes and conditions OF chattel
mortgages; to tax tho property Of railroad
companies at actual cash value to lrohibit
tho killing of deer; TO provide badges for tip
piers, and prevent the sale Of liquor to any
others.
Born houses have beaten all former records
in the number Of bills introduced. At the ses-
sion OF 1885 the House closed tho fifty days with
TAO bills and as joint resolutions, and the Senate
with 4l2 bills and SO joint resolutions, total of
/ 1888. The present House adjourned at o'clock
on the morning OF the oath ult. with 923 bills
and % joint resolutions, while the Senate re-
ceived quite n number, closing the record Mt
502 bills and - Joint resolutons-l,H Hj in oil.
This beats the grand total of two years ago by
242 The following bills were introduced In the
Senate on the 2sth ult. To provide for the
safe heating and lighting OF passenger
cars; to make the admission fee TO the
Department OF Literature, Science, and Art at
the state University not less than S5OJ to non
7, sidents; 70 provide for brigade and regimen
tai encalnpments OF the state militia to p. oyide
for building n state armory TO require n rebate
upon the advanced price OF fares paid conduct
ors on railroads to compel pdblc notice OF the
formation OF co-paTtnel ships The Senate, after
much wrangling, passed the bill to prohib = the
sale OF liquor within ono mile OF the Soldiers
Home IL having been intimated that Senator
MAYO, one Of the Soldere Homo Investigating
Committee, had premuturoly divulgcd some OF
the secret testimony taken by the committee,
he demanded an inv stigation, and committee
was appointed. The House pass d but one bill
OF more than local interest-that to inro pOrato
the w. c. 4. U.
A RECENT writer in the american
Machinist goes for the fusible plugs in
boilers. He says that they will, by the